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Gladiators never came with Chevy 6 cylinder engines. What transmission does your Gladiator have? The Novak adapter to put Chevy engines in M715s is set up for the Warner T-98 transmission only.
Looks like plain jane HMMWV tire and wheel assemblies to me, the pic is from the back side of the wheel and the gp dude didn’t want to strain his back unstacking for the picture. EDIT nope after looking at the pics again, the wheels are one piece, not HMMWV.
This repair is no fun. After burning off the u bolts from above, I was unable to drive them down and out due to them being completely rusted frozen into the spring seat casting. I ended up buying an entire rear spring assy from someone that was bobbing an A3. Even with those serviceable...
The REB does not interface with the transfer case. If the front driveshaft free spins, then your drive flanges are desplined or possible broken shaft.
It’s been many years but I vaguely remember the transfer shift rod needs to pull out more than that in order to shift the transfer into reverse.
Is it possible the previous owner desplined the drive hubs or left off the front driveshaft?
The shift tower controls both the hydramatic and moving the transfer case linkage. With the engine off, see if moving the shift lever from neutral to drive to reverse causes the shift rod on the...
The bow corner straps are used when you roll up the sides of the canvas cover, there are buckles attached to the canvas cover that receive the straps and retain the rolled up side.
Looks like the truck has been well cared for and fortunately you have the 11.00R20 tires which are less likely to cause issues compared to old super singles. Where is the truck located? One of us might be able to Uber you from the airport to the truck and assist with any maintenance.
Magnesium wheels came on early M151 Mutt 1/4 ton trucks. People that are restoring these vehicles desire these wheels as the Army started using steel wheels, and these got replaced. I personally don’t think 416s came with those wheels but I was not there in 1961.
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